Home Displacement Grant

Purpose

In extreme and rare circumstances residents in their household may have to move to temporary accommodation while major adaptation work through a disabled facilities grant is undertaken. This grant is to support the residents to move temporarily, it is not to cover the social care costs of residents staying in residential care temporarily.

Eligibility Criteria

A disabled facilities grant has been approved for major adaptations work, it has been agreed in writing by the Council that temporary accommodation is required during the grant work being undertaken and residential care is not a suitable form of temporary accommodation for that resident.